Animal Welfare Professionals

We offer a free spay/neuter service to those in our county who are having financial difficulties.  We partner with two vets in town.  We pay for the service.  They just have to show up.  We started in February and it has been going well.  Lately we have been having a lot of no shows.  What are others doing about no shows?

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Karen Kirsch
Founder
Spayed and Aid
KY
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Hi Karen! We just started our spay/neuter program and it runs similar to yours with partnering vets. We just started giving out vouchers in July so i dont think we've had any no shows but in the application they submit there is a clause that states you have to put down $25.00 or $40.00 depending on breed being fixed as a "deposit" when making your appointment,  this is also the full cost of your procedure. If you no show, you lose that money and are blacklisted from the program. 

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Jessica Johnson
Volunteer
Humane Society of Ray County
MO
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We also require a deposit in most cases. We have volunteers who email, call, and text reminders about appointments and have volunteers who can provide transportation for the pets if needed. For us, if they completely no call-no show, they are not eligible for 6 months. Hope this helps!

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Christy Fischer
Shelter or rescue director
Wichita Animal Action League
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We do the same, reminders help but deposits are the most effective.

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Ursula Hendel
Founder
Granos de Arena
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Original Message:
Sent: 08-16-2024 03:42 PM
From: Christy Fischer
Subject: What do you do about no shows?

We also require a deposit in most cases. We have volunteers who email, call, and text reminders about appointments and have volunteers who can provide transportation for the pets if needed. For us, if they completely no call-no show, they are not eligible for 6 months. Hope this helps!

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Christy Fischer
Shelter or rescue director
Wichita Animal Action League
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I am a volunteer and a private rescue and a city based shelter. At the rescue, no animals are adopted until they have been fully vetted and sterilized. This solves the problems of no shows; but also means our adopted pets are usually passed the cute puppy and kitten stage.

At the city animal shelter, vouches are given, along will a scheduled appointment to the area vet of their choosing. This allows young puppies and kittens to be adopted. However, policing  these vouchers is an insurmountable task. Local vet offices charge a "no show" fee.

At our area TCAP (Texas Coalition for Animal Protection) an "no show" fee is charged. 

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Karen Kimbrough
Volunteer
Peppy Pet Rescue
TX
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